The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-08-26
ponlcrlr On .a.nbIers in food.

Genera! Master Workman P0WdeIIy
has issued the following circular % the
Knights OF Labor on gambling corners
in gram, meat, coffee, etc
THIS country has within brief period
OF Iime with essed the failure OF
gigantic scheme % rOo the people under
the shadow OF law. OF rather because the
law Is silent as 20 the methods by which
gambling IN the Eecs5sarieS CS life
should be- punished
True. tfa r0gues who attempted 20
corner wheat and coffee were not entire
D. successful tney sustained some OF The
losses which they baG hoped 20 ilhict
on the country. the panic on the coffee
market aI1 not Gauss such p rush tn iay
&c large supplies as was anticipated.
Although millions Of dollars changed
hands during tho corner not a pound or
an ounce OF coffee changed owners.
Coffee not yet ripe IN the field was sold.
rss0l& aud gaubied il. ct the Exchanges
n New York and Chicago. Coffee that
sold for twenty-five cents one day went
up ~ thirty cents in twenty-fOuT hours,
not because the article was Of q better
quality OF any scarceT than II was the
day before not because the OWNERS OF
the coffee demanded higher price for
IL. but because the stock gamblers had
willed II, and their viii for the time
was law.
The lesson taught our members by the
experience Of the past three weeks Is TO
keep their eyes open and TO keep them
turned toward the Produce Exchanges
Of Chicago, New York and other large
cities, and the moment the grain or pro-
duce gambler stacks the cards and an
Faae -, n
certain article OF food-the price must
20 up IN cOusequeucs-sYeTy member
should resolve, and resolve ont loud,
that until the unhdllOwed hand OF the
speculatOT has been removed from the
control or the article in question not 2
pound nor ar ounce more than can be
avoided will Os purchased. This may
ne regarded IN the light % boycott
notice. That is exactly wnat l intend
ed II fer, aud had | the power vested in
me 10 make the order Imperative ]
would order every member, SO far as in
him lies, she power 70 place ar eternal
boyCOtJ on every gain and stock gamb-
, ler in the United States and Canads.
j. is estimated that the losses OF thOss
directly iIsf crested in the wheat deal
vii, reach -. 800, 900. Tie losses to the
coffee thieves will exceed 81 600 900.
/ Two gangs Of thieves We-e interested
IL manipulating the coffee market.
D one OF them realized 5000, coo on the
steal and then quit in time 10 save il.
+ ThsII pals. ;hs other coffee dealers, more
greedy. kept on until their scheme ex.
p I.03ed; and taking fright. they stopped
short AZ q heavy loss. The men who
+ cleared the =, 800, ,OOOO deliberately rob
t bed every ma.
In FsH4r-.rTzA, fh-zg. TlfaL-
3 TuTuin ana SIXtsea String Jack were
| honest men. Even Jesse James had Il
more maTcifUi way OF roGoiEC people.
/ Jesse James was summary dealt with
ant If Dick Iurp.u or any o. the famous
/ hiELwaymcn Of ola could come back
and attGmp- - resume business at the
old stand and in the old way they would
be sent 70 the penlIeutiaTy or hanged,
unless they 'diyv led Up with SONS
mar. or men, Of political influence.
The men who raised the price OF coffee
and tried 10 take advantage OF the ne
. cessities Of the people go uawhipped Of
. Justice.
. Is Il not time TO appoint a commission
20 impure .n-0 this refined method %
TCbbuy the people, 50 that law can be
( passed to punish those who gamble IL
food, while others starvs for want of il ;
Is j. Lot EigE time 70. the consumers
and producers n this land a. irqui:s
wuy -NIadi-r-, dealers In futures ard
= uen who understood rLe vIl.a,nOus 81
. %. manipulating lGegds-ufrs should 'ev,
. ,rI1E.- ON ,.E bone aud eiuaw OF The
{ ia06 .1 sa-.s.y their greed and ayaIlCe
. THE MONEY changers OF old wers
. sogG-r-d truU TIE temple by tie Son o
b cd. They we're innocent, lamb-likt
+ creatures and Incapable Of doing am
q mischief, when compared with our laI-
Ger la gamblers
lf tha tsiu1s Of Old-time mOne'
changers mGT;teC th- Application Of tEt
fc0ur@s and last, Z feel SAFE il maE:ng
the assertion that n Christ should visit
''Gsl rect, New York. nc would lin,
greater royues thau ne drove from tn,
Temple Of old. Along with their bCiuG
scoUTged, escL TisScal Of taCm should b.
chained 10 ai5 pace on the ii0O- Of tbt
Exchange With loaf VI bread and ;
well-doue steak suspended within smell.
lue distance Of bis nose. 30 that the dis,
. pensers Of poverty would get q taste o
Inc hunger they would bring to tht
I homes of the pCOy.
The existence OF coffee exchanges
/ grain exchanges, coal exchanges. apl
produce exchanges shows the necessity
for the organIz stiOn OF two more ex.
changes-a farmers exchange and A Ia.
DOrers' eXchange-ard these two ex,
. changes should Cooperate with eacl
other.